| Place | Player | Team | Goals | Penalties |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Dr. Bernd Bauchspiess | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 14 | 0 |
| 2. | Henning Frenzel | VfB Leipzig | 13 | 0 |
| 3. | Rolf Steinmann | Chemnitzer FC | 12 | 0 |
| 3. | Helmut Muller | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 12 | 1 |
| 3. | Gerd Backhaus | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 12 | 1 |
| 3. | Reinhard Trolitzsch | VfB Leipzig | 12 | 3 |
| 7. | Hartmut Rentzsch | FSV Zwickau | 11 | 0 |
| 8. | Peter Ducke | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 10 | 2 |
| 8. | Gerhard Vogt | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 10 | 0 |
| 8. | Dieter Karow | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 10 | 0 |
| 11. | Jurgen Piepenburg | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 9 | 0 |
| 11. | Hans-Joachim Walter | 1. FC Magdeburg | 9 | 0 |
| 13. | Hermann Stocker | 1. FC Magdeburg | 8 | 1 |
| 13. | Siegfried Gumz | Dynamo Dresden | 8 | 0 |
| 13. | Gunther Queck | SV Steinach | 8 | 0 |
| 13. | Dieter Scherbarth | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 8 | 0 |
| 13. | Wolfgang Behla | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 8 | 0 |
| 13. | Peter Gussau | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 8 | 0 |
| 19. | Kurth Weisser | 1. FC Neubrandenburg | 7 | 1 |
| 19. | Joachim Hall | BFC Dynamo | 7 | 0 |
| 19. | Peter Henschel | FSV Zwickau | 7 | 0 |
| 19. | Eberhard Schuster | Chemnitzer FC | 7 | 0 |
| 19. | Eberhard Hartwig | Erzgebirge Aue | 7 | 0 |
| 19. | Hans-Joachim Steinfurth | 1. FC Neubrandenburg | 7 | 0 |
| 25. | Erhard Kochale | 1. FC Lok Stendal | 6 | 0 |
| 25. | Steffen Engelmohr | Dynamo Dresden | 6 | 0 |
| 25. | Horst Begerad | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 6 | 0 |
| 25. | Gunter Hirschmann | 1. FC Magdeburg | 6 | 1 |
| 25. | Gerhard Elmecker | SV Steinach | 6 | 0 |
| 25. | Wolfgang Barthels | Hansa Rostock | 6 | 0 |
| 25. | Rainer Knobloch | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 6 | 0 |
| 25. | Eberhard Vogel | Chemnitzer FC | 6 | 0 |
| 33. | Jurgen Noldner | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Uwe Ziegler | Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Helmut Schmidt | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Klaus Lisiewicz | FC Sachsen Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Heino Kleiminger | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Arno Zerbe | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Lothar Meyer | BFC Dynamo | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Dieter Engelhardt | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Kurt Habermann | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Gerd Kostmann | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 0 |
| 33. | Hans-Jurgen Naumann | VfB Leipzig | 5 | 1 |
| 44. | Otto Frassdorf | 1. FC Frankfurt (Oder) | 4 | 0 |
| 44. | Erich Siede | Dynamo Dresden | 4 | 0 |
| 44. | Roland Ducke | FC Carl Zeiss Jena | 4 | 0 |
| 44. | Horst Jura | FSV Zwickau | 4 | 2 |
| 44. | Wolfgang Wruck | Hansa Rostock | 4 | 0 |
| 44. | Klaus Zink | Erzgebirge Aue | 4 | 0 |
| 44. | Franz Strahl | 1. FC Neubrandenburg | 4 | 0 |